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Computational Materials Science

Energy Storage

Nanotechnology

Thermodynamics

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Professor Ceder's group specializes in designing and understanding advanced materials by means of computational modeling and experimental research. By combining theoretical and experimental efforts in one group, the effectiveness of both is enhanced. First principles computations, whereby the properties of materials are predicted from basic physics, has become one of the most powerful tools in Materials Research and Design. This group develops these tools and applies them to technologically relevant problems, often in collaboration with key industrial or government partners. Materials phenomena include: phase stability and cohesion in solids, diffusion, interaction of matter with radiation, and phase transformation. Applications have included: high temperature superconductors, electrodes for rechargeable batteries, and high temperature alloys. The environment is highly multidisplinary, containing students with a range of backgrounds making use of cutting edge techniques from such fields as materials science, engineering, chemistry, physics, computer science, and mathematics.

Several years ago, Prof. Gerd Ceder began building a database of materials properties, combining data that had previously been scattered in multiple locations or was unavailable. The Materials Project is now open to all in a partnership...

The Materials Project, a collaboration between MIT and LBNL, uses computers to determine and predict the properties of a material, making it possible to find the right material, without months or years of experimentation. This project grew out of research in Prof. Gerd Ceder's group and was...

The NSF invites the public to a series of lectures that aim to promote discussion of scientific issues which will have a long impact on our society. Prof. Ceder will present the first lecture, "Large-Scale Computational Materials Design: The Materials Genome Program at MIT," on Nov. 7, at 2:00...

Prof. Ceder and his collaborators have developed a new understanding of a high-performing cathode compound, which could facilitate rapid evaluation of improved alternatives. Learn more from the MIT News...

Prof. Gerd Ceder and Prof. Christine Ortiz were participants in an MIT roundtable discussion titled, The Future of Manufacturing — Advanced Technologies. More than a dozen of the Institute’s faculty shared converging ideas about how to reinvigorate America’s goods-producing businesses....

The MRS Medal is awarded for a specific outstanding recent discovery or advancement which has a major impact on the progress of a materials-related field. This year's winner is Gerbrand Ceder, and the award will be presented during the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston, Dec. 1....

The MIT Energy Initiative's second round of seed grants for energy research, announced this week, will go toward a wide array of research topics ranging from micro-hydropower and solar-thermal power projects for developing countries, to the development of novel materials for insulation or for...